After years in the Astros’ shadow, the Mariners flipped the script with a sweep that left Houston staggering and baseball fans everywhere celebrating.
For years, the Houston Astros have been the immovable object in the AL West. Since 2017, they’ve won seven division titles, captured two World Series, and established themselves as one of baseball’s most relentless machines.
For Mariners fans, and really for every rival fanbase, it’s been a maddening stretch — a dynasty that always seemed to reload, never fade.